Opinions
Iran’s War Is Also a War Over History
By Dr. Davood Moradian
On 29 October 539 BCE, Cyrus the Great entered Babylon in triumph. The date, recorded in the Babylonian Chronicle, has acquired a modern afterlife: Some Iranians now mark it as...
Beyond Exclusion: Arab Israeli Voters and the Future of Middle Eastern Pluralism
By Dr. Davood Moradian
When US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee recently posted on X praising Israeli democracy, h...
The West Must Stop Deferring Definition of Islamic Practice to Clerics
By Dr. Davood Moradian
The Church of England&rsqu...
On 9/11 Anniversary, Will Washington Acknowledge How Zalmay Khalilzad Empowered the Taliban?
By Dr. Davood Moradian
Americans mark not only the nation’s semi-quincentennial in 2026, but...
Why Does The New York Times Whitewash the Taliban?
ِBy Davood Moradian
August 15 marked the fifth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan. While much of Washington and the American media treated the anniversary as a footnote, the New York Times marked it with thre...
